Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zooming graphical user interface
- Patent Title (中): 缩放图形用户界面
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Application No.: US12206759Application Date: 2008-09-09
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Publication No.: US08279241B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Jeffrey Fong
- Applicant: Jeffrey Fong
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
A method of presenting a hierarchically-organized collection of objects includes displaying a first-level set of first-level objects in a prominent scale; and while displaying the first-level set of first-level objects in the prominent scale, displaying one or more second-level sets of second-level objects in a diminished scale. Each second-level set of second-level objects is linked to a different first-level object. The method further includes recognizing selection of a chosen first-level object, and after recognizing selection of the chosen first-level object: displaying a second-level set of second-level objects linked to the chosen first-level object in a prominent scale; displaying a portion of the chosen first-level object in an enlarged scale; and displaying one or more third-level sets of third-level objects in a diminished scale. Each third-level set of third-level objects is linked to a different one of the second-level objects.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100060666A1 ZOOMING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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